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Title details for Armor by John Steakley - Available

Armor

by John Steakley
Tom Weiner
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The planet is called Banshee. The air is unbreathable, the water poisonous. It is the home of the most implacable enemies that humanity, in all its interstellar expansion, has ever encountered.

Felix is a scout in A-team Two. Highly competent, he is the sole survivor of mission after mission. Yet he is a man consumed by fear and hatred. And he is protected not only by his custom-fitted body armor, the culmination of ten thousand years of the armorers' craft, but also by an odd being which seems to live with him, a cold killing machine he calls "the Engine."

This bestselling science fiction classic is a story of the horror, the courage, and the aftermath of combat and also of how strength of spirit can be the greatest armor of all.

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  • Release date

    September 1, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781483058269
      • File size: 393108 KB
      • Duration: 13:38:58

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Text Difficulty: 9-12

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The biggest challenge narrator Tom Weiner faces in his performance of ARMOR is that almost all the characters in this futuristic story hail from different points on the globe. Chinese, Russian, and Jamaican characters are among more than a dozen brought to life in this science-fiction classic. Weiner handles the varied accents so perfectly that he makes it sound easy, certainly easier than his character's mission to destroy an army of giant, intelligent ants. The main character wears incredible body armor that not only protects the soldier's body from the horrors of war, but also his mind. But it can't protect him from heartbreak and betrayal. Weiner's skillful interpretation puts the listener in the heat of battle. M.S. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Text Difficulty:9-12

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